Friday - Period 4

Lesson lost to History/Geography excursion.

Wednesday - Period 2

Monday's lesson lost due to public holiday.

Activities:

1.  Reading strategies
2.  Plot revision:  episodic, chronological
3.  'Red Dog' - Chapter summaries

Homework:  Start working on the task due in Week 5.  You are to design either a book cover, movie poster OR a collage based on the novel 'Red Dog'.  Remember you need to demonstrate your knowledge of the book by the design you create.  If you want to try an online collage maker visit one of these:

http://www.photovisi.com/
http://www.shapecollage.com/
http://www.stainedglasscollage.com/

Thursday - Period 2

Activities:

1.  'Red Dog' - Glossary work continued (introduction to slang, colloquial language, idioms)
2.  'Red Dog' - Short dialogue composition using 'Australianisms' in the novel glossary
3.  Choose your best sentence from the dialogue you composed and post it on this blog using the 'Comments' hyperlink below.

Tuesday - Period 4

Activities:

1.  Journalling - 'We all need animals in our life.'
2.  'Red Dog' - examination of the structure of the novel on our narrative mind map.
3.  'Red Dog' - examination of the book cover (design, blurb)
4.  'Red Dog' - initial examination of book's glossary

Monday - Period 5

NAPLAN practise writing task in preparation for NAPLAN testing in Week 4.